Democratic congresswoman Angie Craig (Minn.) took to the House floor to read in full a radical children’s book on a young girl’s gender transition that was put out by her own wife.
The Minnesota lawmaker used her allotted five minutes of speaking time to read Calvin, a children’s book produced by the Human Rights Campaign’s Welcoming Schools program, which is directed by Craig’s wife Cheryl Greene. The book, suggested by HRC for kindergarten students, encourages children to explore gender transition and reject biological sex.
“It’s critically important to make sure that transgender and nonbinary youth not only feel supported but valued and affirmed for who they are,” Craig said before reading from the book. She made no mention in the floor speech of her wife’s connection to the book.
The HRC’s Welcoming Schools program creates training, lesson plans, and book lists that “introduce the youngest readers to gender identity and transition.” In Calvin, a young girl reveals her identity as “a boy in my heart and in my brain,” and her parents buy her swim trunks and “handsome” back-to-school clothes that make her feel more comfortable. Calvin’s father explains that “being transgender means other people think you’re one gender but inside you know you are a different one.” Continue
